Garfish

Garfish Gar"fish`, n. [See {Gar}, n.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A European marine fish ({Belone vulgaris}); -- called
also {gar}, {gerrick}, {greenback}, {greenbone},
{gorebill}, {hornfish}, {longnose}, {mackerel guide},
{sea needle}, and {sea pike}.
(b) One of severalspecies of similar fishes of the genus
{Tylosurus}, of which one species ({T. marinus}) is
common on the Atlantic coast. {T. Caribb[ae]us}, a very
large species, and {T. crassus}, are more southern; --
called also {needlefish}. Many of the common names of the
European garfish are also applied to the American
species.
[1913 Webster]

garfish — /ˈgafɪʃ / (say gahfish) noun (plural garfish or garfishes) 1. any of numerous fishes found in Australian marine and estuarine waters, having a slender body and the lower jaw produced as a needle like point, as the widely distributed sea garfish… … Australian English dictionary